Conducting positions

Oakville Chamber Ensemble — Oakville, Ontario— Since September 2005
Founder & Artistic Director

Thunder Bay Symphony — Thunder Bay, Ontario— Since September 2008
Conductor in Residence

Lakehead University Wind Ensemble — Thunder Bay, Ontario— Since September 2008
Conductor

National Academy Orchestra/Brott Music Festival — Hamilton, Ontario— Since summer 2007
Chorus Master

Orchestra London — London, Ontario — April 2005 to May 2007
Conductor in Residence & Choir Director

National Academy Orchestra/Brott Music Festival — Hamilton, Ontario — 2005
Assistant Conductor

Oakville Chamber Orchestra — Oakville, Ontario — June 2003 to June 2007
Music Director

Hamilton Camerata Chamber Orchestra — Hamilton, Ontario — August 1998 to June 2003
Founder & Artistic Director

Dundas Valley Orchestra — Dundas, Ontario — September 1996 to August 1997
Music Director

Niagara Children’s Chorus — St. Catharines, Ontario — September 1998 to May 2000
Artistic Director and Conductor

Canadian Orpheus Male Choir — Hamilton, Ontario — October 1998 to June 2002
Music Director

Other conducting experience
Orchestra London — London, Ontario — January 2004 to March 2005
Guest Conductor

Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra — Hamilton, Ontario — April 2003
Guest Conductor

Symphony Hamilton — Hamilton, Ontario — Since September 1998
Guest Conductor

Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra — Toronto, Ontario — Winter 2003 – 2004
Guest Conductor

North York Concert Orchestra — North York, Ontario — Winter 2003 – 2004
Guest Conductor

Other Music Positions
Canada Council for the Arts — Ottawa, Ontario — 2007
Jury Member

National Academy Orchestra — Hamilton, Ontario — Since 2006
Mentor

Rotary Music Festival — Burlington, Ontario — 2004
Adjudicator

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Other Work Experience
Boris Brott — Hamilton, Ontario — Since August 2005
Assistant & Librarian

Symphony Hamilton — Hamilton, Ontario — December 2002 to January 2005
Board President

Symphony Hamilton — Hamilton, Ontario — September 2001 to January 2005
Board member

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts — Champaign, Illinois — August 1997 to May 1998
Stage Manager

SP Solutionst (Software development and Desktop Publishing) — Since June 1993
Owner

Recordings
Goode Christemas Musicke, Furiant Records 1999

Education
University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 1998
M.Mus — Choral Conducting with Dr. Fred Stoltzfus

The University of Western Ontario — London, Ontario 1997
B.Ed — Music, Instrumental and Vocal Options — Intermediate, Senior

McGill University — Montréal, Québec. 1990
B.Mus — Piano Performance

Conducting Studies with Nurhan Arman • Frieder Bernius • Gustav Meyer • Otto-Werner Mueller • Jorma Panula •Fred Stoltzfus • Jerome Summers • Timothy Vernon

Composition Studies with Williams F. Brooks • Heinrich Taube • Eugene Plawutsky • Bengt Hambreus

Voice Studies with Kathryn A. Shanks • Louise Yard

Piano Studies with Ginette Gagnon • Hazel Brouillard • Eugene Plavutsky • Luba Zuk

Cello studies with Christine Beckett • Patrick Burroughs • Kathleen Horvath

Languages
Fluently Bilingual in French and English

Other Information
Canadian Citizen

Personal interests include graphic design, typography, database development